Iran-UK ties won't impact P5+1 talks

The recent tensions in Tehran - London ties will have no impact on future multifaceted talks between Iran the P5+1 group of nuclear powers, senior Iranian lawmaker said. "Iran's relations with Britain and the country's malicious attitude towards Tehran will not affect negotiations with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - China, Russia, Britain, France and the US - plus Germany (P5+1)," Chairman of the parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, Alaeddin Boroujerdi said on Sunday, Press TV reported. "Iran welcomes negotiations under any circumstances and will actively take part in honorable talks," he added. In Dec. 2010 Iran and the P5+1 have already held two rounds of multifaceted talks in Geneva and in Turkish city of Istanbul last January. Tehran says it is ready to continue the talks based on common grounds, adding, however, that it has no intention of backing down on its nuclear rights. Boroujerdi emphasized that interference of British officials in Iran's internal affairs indicated that they have not yet comprehended the realities of the Islamic Revolution. Iranian legislator noted that British officials had a dark history of hostile efforts against the Iranian nation and the Islamic establishment after the victory of Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979. On November 29, hundreds of Iranian students from different universities entered the compound of the British embassy in Tehran and pulled down Britain's flag. The protesters also staged another protest march outside a second British diplomatic compound in northern Tehran. The gathering was held following the Majlis approval of a bill on November 27 to downgrade relations with Britain to the level of charge d'affaires and limit all economic and cultural collaboration with London to the minimum level. The bill was also affirmed by Iran's Guardian Council (GC) the following day. The move came in response to the UK's decision to impose sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran over the allegation that Tehran's nuclear program may consist of a covert military agenda.